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Vol. 62, No. 2, September 28, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Gabbing with Dean Z: 1Ls & Beyond •Res Gestae Mailbag •Dean Caminker’s Speech Celebrating the Opening of Aikens Commons •OCI SOCSS: The Job Search Survey •SOCSS: Pretty Graphs •Fall-ing All Over Yourself: Oktober Beers •Winter 2011 Grade Curves! •Law Library Pick-Up Lines •A2SO: The New Kids on the Bach? •Crossword

Vol. 62, No. A, August 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Z's Nunc Pro Tunc •MLaw Map & FAQ •Orientation Activities •Law School Beauty •The Beer Gal •Hottest Dean in the U.S. •Greener Gothic Fortress •Question on the Quad •The Best of Ann Arbor

Rookie Mistakes To Avoid, Edward R. Becker

Other Publications

I'm Ted Becker from the University of Michigan. My part of today's presentation is to fall on the sword. I say that because my topic is rookie mistakes to avoid. Many of us up here on the panel aren't rookies but I certainly am. I just completed my first semester of teaching transactional drafting so I'm new to the game, and then when it comes to mistakes, oh yes, there's a bunch of them that we can talk about. Because the semester just ended, these missteps are as fresh in my mind as they could possibly be, and I hope …

Vol. 61, No. 8, April 13, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•SFF Auction 2011 •Interviewing H. Hutchins •Fantasy LawOpen Emails •SFF Auction Photos •Law Library Loves You •Sudoku •Prom Photos •APALSA Origins •RG's Job Survey •SCOTUS Sex Q&A •Green Construction •Beauty and the Bite •Law & Lit

Vol. 61, No. 7, March 24, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Foxes, Gin, Puss-Cats, and Pornography •Alternative Spring Break •Law School Prom Q&A •Herzog's Last Laugh •Beer Gal •Sudoku •Spring Break Pics •Dean Z's Facebook •Kicking it Old School •Butch Carpenter •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 6, February 24, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Advice for Mr. Wolverine 2011 •Poetry Contest Winners •Law & Lit •The Beer Gal •Mr. Wolverine Pictures •Grade Curves •MJIL Symposium •Question on the Quad •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 5, February 3, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Law-School-Style Movie Review •The Beer Gal •Frank Murphy 1L Oral •When You Were Cooler •Law & Lit •Kicking it Old School •Beauty and the Bite •Sudoku •Crossword

University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 2011-2012, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Biographies of the University of Michigan Law School faculty.

Teaching Transactional Skills And Law In An International Context, Deborah Burand, Kojo Yelpaala, Peter Linzer

Other Publications

Today, we are going to be discussing how we think about transactional skills in an international context. It doesn't surprise me that this is a smaller group. This is a subspecialty, but let me just do a very quick survey of you. How many of you now in this room are teaching an international course? And what are you doing?

Do Law Schools Mistreat Women Faculty? Or, Who’S Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Dan Subotnik

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Vol. 61, No. 4, November 24, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Turning Up the Heat in Hutchins •Law & Lit •Torts and Football •The Beer Gal •Save Yourself •Zach Letter Law •Beauty and the Bite •Jenny Runkles •Kicking it Old School •Alt-Prom Pics •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 3, November 20, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Where in the World Were You on Wednesday? •The Beer Gal •When You Were Cooler •Sudoku •Zach Letter Law •Law & Lit •Food Court •Kicking it Old School •Nannes Challenge Results •Halloween Party Pics •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 2, October 27, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Michigan's Top Five Urban Legends •Soccer League •Hutchins Makeover •The Beer Gal •Sudoku •Question on the Quad •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 1, September 30, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Z Speaks •Zach Letter Law •Trivial Pursuit of Justice •Law and Lit •The Ex-Pat Perspective •Trespassing with Felix •Kicking It Old School •Grade Curves

Vol. 60, No. 6, April 1, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•UMLS IP Moot Court Duo Headed to Nationals •Brief Interview with SFF Celebs •This is Water •The Beer Guy •Save Yourself •Law & Lit •RG Crime Alerts •Dean Z Is Going to Rick's! •SFF Auction •SFF Student/Faculty Basketball Game •Facial Hair Competition •The Ex-Pat Experience

Vol. 60, No. 6a, March 11, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Z Speaks! •Dean Caminker (w/Photos) •Ode to the Snack Bar Staff •The Law Quad: It's Pretty! •Dean Z on the Schedule •Hutchins vs. the Library •Grading the Bathrooms

Vol. 60, No. 5, February 24, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Law & Lit •The Beer Guy •Save Yourself •That Guy You Hate •The Food Court •The Ex-Pat Perspective •Valograms! •ALT+PRM • Grade Summary

Vol. 60, No. 4, February 3, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Quit Looking at My Butt •Questions on the Quad: Times Two! •The Beer Guy •This is Water •When You Were Cooler •Save Yourself •The Food Court •Mr. Wolverine Photos! •The Ex-Pat Experience •A Modest Grades Proposal •Judicial Reactivism •Kicking it Old School

University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 2010-2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Biographies of the University of Michigan Law School faculty.

Launch Of An International Transactions Clinic: Doing Good While Doing Deals, Deborah Burand

Articles

September 2008 marked the launch of the International Transactions Clinic (ITC) at the University of Michigan Law School, the first legal clinic of its kind to combine an international and transactional focus. As Law School Dean Evan Caminker said upon the launch of the ITC, “[t]his is an exciting opportunity to involve a new generation of bright legal minds in cross-border transactions that will train our students for a lifetime of international business dealings, and that can also make an enormous difference in the lives of people in the developing world.”

Becoming A Law Professor: A Candidate's Guide, Brannon P. Denning, Marcia L. Mccormick, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

This is the Table of Contents and the Introduction to a forthcoming book from the American Bar Association. The authors provide detailed advice and resources for aspiring law professors, including a description of the categories of law faculty (and what they do), possible paths to careers in the legal academy, and "how to" guides for filling out the AALS's Faculty Appointments Register, interviewing at the Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market"), issues for non-traditional candidates, dealing with callbacks and job offers, and getting ready for the first semester on the job.

If I Had A Hammer: Can Shepardizing, Synthesis, And Other Tools Of Legal Writing Help Build Hope For Law Students?, Edward R. Becker

Articles

Are lawyers mechanics? In 1920, photographer Lewis Hines took a striking photo of a powerhouse mechanic sure-handedly wielding a large wrench to tighten bolts on a steam pump. This picture may bring to mind many things, but I suspect that many legal writing professors in our (past or present) incarnations as practicing attorneys would not look at this image and think, "My job is a lot like that." Similarly, I assume that many of our students do not think of a lawyer's role in this way. Indeed, many of our students might have chosen to pursue a career in law …

Becoming A Law Professor: A Candidate's Guide, Brannon P. Denning, Marcia L. Mccormick, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

All Faculty Scholarship

This is the Table of Contents and the Introduction to a forthcoming book from the American Bar Association. The authors provide detailed advice and resources for aspiring law professors, including a description of the categories of law faculty (and what they do), possible paths to careers in the legal academy, and "how to" guides for filling out the AALS's Faculty Appointments Register, interviewing at the Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market"), issues for non-traditional candidates, dealing with callbacks and job offers, and getting ready for the first semester on the job.

Vol. 60, No. 3, November 24, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Football Observations By The Unqualified •Letter to the Editor: LRAP •Justice At All Costs •The Fast and the Furious •This is Water •Ye Olde Issue Spotter •The Beer Guy •The Food Court •"Best" of LawOpen •Crossword •Kicking it Old School

Vol. 60, No. 2, October 14, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•John Nannes '73: He's Paying for This Paper •Dean Gregory on Tutors •Question on the Quad •The Dual-Degree Life •The Beer Guy Returns! •The Food Court •Sesquicentennial Style •Kicking It Old School •Between the Briefs

Vol. 60, No. 1, September 17, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•New 1Ls Have Some Unexpected Similarities •Letter from the Editor: 60 years?! •Desperately Seeking Tutors •Service Day •Pride and (DLA) Piper •Save Yourself: Get Out Now •This is Water: Calm Down •When You Were Cooler: Rock Band Edition •Best of LawOpen: An E&E •Between the Briefs: Real Sex, Posner-style •Grade Curves

Vol. 59, No. 11, April 21, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Revisiting PRS a Year Later •Letter from the Editor •No Other Warranties •This is Water •Bless Your Heart •Kicking it Old School •Beer Guy •MLaw Softball Pics •Prof. Green Retires •When You Were Cooler •Bold As Tech •Save Yourself •Law Prom Pics •Campbell Finals Pics •SFF BBall Pics

Why Write?, Erwin Chemerinsky

Michigan Law Review

This wonderful collection of reviews of leading recent books about law provides the occasion to ask a basic question: why should law professors write? There are many things that law professors could do with the time they spend writing books and law review articles. More time and attention could be paid to students and to instructional materials. More professors could do pro bono legal work of all sorts. In fact, if law professors wrote much less, teaching loads could increase, faculties could decrease in size, and tuition could decrease substantially. The answer to the question "why write" is neither intuitive …

Dan Freed: My Teacher, My Colleague, My Friend, Ronald Weich

All Faculty Scholarship

At a recent meeting of the National Association of Sentencing Commissions, Yale professor Dan Freed was honored during a panel discussion titled "Standing on the Shoulders of Sentencing Giants," Dan Freed is indeed a sentencing giant. but he is the gentlest giant of all. It is hard to imagine that a man as mild-mannered, soft-spoken, and self-effacing as Dan Freed has had such a profound impact on federal sentencing law and so many other areas of criminal justice policy, Yet he has.

I've been in many rooms with Dan Freed over the years — classrooms, boardrooms, dining rooms, and others. …

Vol. 59, No. 10, March 31, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•New Scheduling Policy •Letter to the Editor •ACS Moot Court •Kicking it Old School •Bold As Tech •The Food Court •Origins Pics •LC Recycling •When You Were Cooler •Alum Assesses Jobs •Bless Your Heart •Between the Briefs •SFF Pics